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| I have mare that will pull back occasionally. Has anyone had good luck with a pulling halter? or any suggestions. |
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Location: Texas! | My gelding has a bad habit of setting back. I use a Blocker tie ring and tie him longer so he can look around. He seems better when I do these. |
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| I have not had much luck breaking a horse of pulling. I have had many people try the "be nice halter" and other things and a lot of them have neck damage now. I personally started buying "the clip" and it is perfect imo. It holds some pressure but it will release if they pull hard enough. No injuries and doesn't break things. |
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Location: Texas | Studies have shown that setting back can be an inherited behavior. So, I never try to break a horse of it. I use a Blocker tie ring with all my horses. Setting back can really injure a horse and at the least, it's expensive going to the chiropractor to have their poll/spine put back in place. |
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Location: Canada | Just out of curiosity did you check for ulcers? I had one that would pull back and as soon as I treated for ulcers it stopped. Just a suggestion :) |
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I have a filly that will set back if something startles her. She broke her halter as a 2 year old and flipped herself over. It definitely scared me and her. So I decided to use a tie ring. I've had good luck with it. She is not nearly as reactive because she knows she has some slack. I do have a question though, without stealing the thread. For those of you who use the tie rings at shows, are you ever afraid your horse will get loose? How do you prevent that from happening?
Edited by Runninbay 2017-03-13 1:24 PM
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | A horse that sets back is one you cant really break it of setting back, I had one, I just learned to loop the rope, so if she set back she would not scare herself and fight it, when she felt the rope give she would just stand there and relax, but when she was tied off she would panic and fight till she broke what ever she was tied with. So when we went places I would either find a pen to put her in and just loop the lead rope or she would be placed back into the trailer untill I needed her, was a pain but was the only way to deal with her. |
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| Runninbay - 2017-03-13 12:22 PM
I have a filly that will set back if something startles her. She broke her halter as a 2 year old and flipped herself over. It definitely scared me and her. So I decided to use a tie ring. I've had good luck with it. She is not nearly as reactive because she knows she has some slack. I do have a question though, without stealing the thread. For those of you who use the tie rings at shows, are you ever afraid your horse will get loose? How do you prevent that from happening?
If I'm not at the trailer with mine, she got loaded up in the trailer. Honestly, lots of days it's cooler in there (as long as its ventilated) and she could munch on hay and look around out the windows. |
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| Runninbay - 2017-03-13 1:22 PM
I have a filly that will set back if something startles her. She broke her halter as a 2 year old and flipped herself over. It definitely scared me and her. So I decided to use a tie ring. I've had good luck with it. She is not nearly as reactive because she knows she has some slack. I do have a question though, without stealing the thread. For those of you who use the tie rings at shows, are you ever afraid your horse will get loose? How do you prevent that from happening?
I do worry about them getting loose but my thing is if they pull, they're gonna get loose no matter what as they usually break whatever they are tied to or tied with anyway and least this way they wont rip their head off in the process. |
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Location: California | I had a mare that pulled back hard and was also super cinchy. I taught her I would tie her with a special knot she could get undone. I would tie her, she would pull on it to see if it loosened, and when it gave, she would stop and just stand still. I was able to tie her for a long time like that. But I would take precautions at shows with her and just had her stand in the trailer when I wasn't by the trailer or running her for the "just in case" because she COULD fully undo it if she wanted to. I used her for several years with that system and never had any problems and it worked best for her.
Once she learned she wasn't "hard tied", she never pulled back again. |
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Location: California | Something about them knowing they have slack really helps the reactive side of the mind, as another poster said.
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| I've heard of people putting two strong halters on and letting them set back until they stop. I feel like that would mess with the horses brain. My old trainer would 'tie' her horse that set back at the end (so they wouldn't feel trapped and claustrophobic) of a horse trailer or hitching post ect, and use a rubber band to loop the lead rope through. Weird, but it worked since the horse would pull back sporadically. If I had a horse that pulled back I would probably invest in that tie ring as that seems like the best option. |
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| i reckon i'll be the odd one out..... i have a gelding that SETS BACK. not just pulls back, like he really puts his weight into it, like sitting on his ass set backs. like one time set back so hard with a mule tape rope halter i literally had to pull the halter out of his head, it cut into his head about an inch deep.... dummy
i bought one of those rope halters with all the knots, left him tied and he pulled back MAYBE two good times. Hadnt done it sense, untill 4 days ago i had just an ole crppy halter on him, he broke it. SO i pulled the ole knotted rope halter out, tied him up and did what i was doing to make him set back (srpaying his mane) and he set back, realized it freakin hurt and stopped. I normally always have a rope halter on him anyways, but he doesnt do it like he used too.
I cant make him pull back anymore, he knows it hurts.
gonna be dumb gotta be tough! |
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Location: NE TX | Clinton Anderson or the off brand rope halters with the extra knots and thinner rope with a LONG lead rope and tie ring. You can watch his videos on YouTube.
Helped one of my horses and a friends mare from doing it. Like someone else said. If they have the thinner one on they know it and don't set back, put a nylon halter on and they'll break it. |
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| We used to let them pull and would use all the tough halters, double halters, multiple lead ropes, etc... but after seeing the damage it does to their neck... I wont go that route anymore. I think horses that set back and truly are just pullers, always will pull. And even in strong halters, they then break my trailer hooks. I just don't think its worth it. Now my young ones, get tied and learn patience, I have had them pull cuz they get spooked and I think that's normal. But those panic pullers... I don't think the injury is worth it. Ive known a few horses that just don't tie and you have to accommodate for that. |
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| thanks everyone for all the suggestions. I am using the rope halter which wasnt due to her pulling its just the halter we chose for her, so that is a step in the right direction. I will look into the blocker ring and also try tying her a little longer. She is a sporadic puller and usually just pulls one time and she is done but hard to determine what sets her off. All of our previous horses and current ones are so quiet that I am not used to one that pulls back. My biggest thing is I just dont want her to hurt herself. |
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| No I havent but will consider having her checked. Thanks. |
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| Are the blocker rings sold anywhere? |
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Location: Georgia | My horse is a little weird about his head. Depending on his mood, sometimes if I come towards his face too fast or with my arms up he will think about going backwards and sticks his head straight up, then if he hits the end of his rope he panics and sets back. He hasnt done that in a while but it might be because I have conditioned myself to avoid making him feel like doing it. I did used to tie him to a hay string loop when tied to the trailer. That way if he sat back he 1. wouldnt break my trailer tie and 2. the hay string loop would eventually snap and he would calm down without hurting himself. |
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Location: Somewhere else | I had one that would set back only when tied to the trailer. Not only would he set back, he would the lunge forward cracking his head open. Trust me I tried everything. A pickup man made me a gut rope ant that horse tried it twice and never tried it again. |
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